Hong Kong can save HK$90,000 per patient with better end-of-life care: think tank

Our Hong Kong Foundation says city can adopt model expanding care to dying patients outside hospitals

Our Hong Kong Foundation on Thursday released a research report on end-of-life care and proposed five key recommendations in stepping up support to allow dying patients to spend their days outside hospital.

“If we have a comprehensive end-of-life care system, it could help reduce the usage of hospital services,” foundation vice-president Ryan Ip Man-ki said.